ESP LTD Viper 256QM Electric Guitar

ESP LTD Viper 256QM Electric Guitar, Dark Brown Sunburst, Full Straight Back

ESP LTD Viper 256QM Electric Guitar, Dark Brown Sunburst, Headstock Left Front

ESP LTD Viper 256QM Electric Guitar, Dark Brown Sunburst, Body Straight Front

ESP LTD Viper 256QM Electric Guitar, Dark Brown Sunburst, Body Left Front

ESP LTD Viper 256QM Electric Guitar, Dark Brown Sunburst, Body Straight Back

ESP LTD Viper 256QM Electric Guitar, Dark Brown Sunburst, Headstock Straight Back

Boasting a set of ESP-designed LH-150 humbuckers, a roasted jatoba fretboard, 24 extra jumbo frets, and a quilted maple top, this Viper has tons of bite.

What's special about this item?

Feature:	What it does:
Basswood body	Big, warm midrange tones
Mahogany neck	Great sustain, strength, and warm tone
Jatoba fretboard	Strong midrange presence and punch
ESP LH-150 pickups	Clear and articulate tone

Overview

LTD's Viper Series offers the cool offset double-cutaway look that's perfect for metal, hard rock, blues, and so much more. With the Viper-256, you get the classic vibe of a mahogany-bodied, 24.75" scale rock and roll machine. The Viper-256 offers great features like set-neck construction with a fast three-piece mahogany neck and roasted jatoba fingerboard with 24 extra-jumbo frets, and a set of high-output ESP Designed LH-150 humbuckers as well as LTD tuners and an LTD TOM bridge & tailpiece.

Specs

Construction: Set-Neck
Scale: 24.75"
Body: Basswood
Neck: 3Pc Mahogany
Fingerboard: Roasted Jatoba
Fingerboard Radius: 350mm
Finish: Dark Brown Sunburst
Nut Width: 42mm
Nut Type: Molded
Neck Contour: Thin U
Frets/Type: 24 XJ
Hardware Color: Black
Strap Button: Standard
Tuners: LTD
Bridge: TOM & Tailpiece
Neck PU: ESP Designed LH-150N *(Pull Tone for Split)
Bridge PU: ESP Designed LH-150B *(Pull Tone for Split)
Electronics Layout: Volume/Tone(Push/Pull)/3-Way Switch
Strings: D'Addario XL110 (.010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046)
Case: VIPER GUITAR FORM FIT CASE Sold Separately

Dimensions and Weight in Packaging
Dark Brown Sunburst: Shipping Weight: 10 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 44 x 17 x 4 in; Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): LVIPER256QMDBSB

Documents and Manuals

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-423-8388

Reviews

(1 ratings)

Submitted March 7, 2023 by Jim Z in Trafford, PA

"Decent but took some work"

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Just received my Viper 256 qm. The guitar is absolutely gorgeous. Weight it's surprisingly light, neck shape is beautiful. This thing looks much nicer than any instrument in it's price range has the right to look.This guitar comes with cheap tuners which have trouble holding tune. No excuse for this in 2023. You can buy budget locking tuners on Amazon for 30 bucks. Fretboard was shockingly dry and the frets themselves were very gritty and unpolished. Truss rod needed serious adjustment and action was ridiculously high out of box. I spent some time polishing frets with steel wool, conditioned the fretboard, adjusted the bridge and truss rod, and was finally able to play the thing. Honestly it still needs a fret job top to bottom. Even with truss adjusted something is always buzzing and the action is not as low as I like it. Fret ends are very sharp and honestly just kinda seems like the fretboard dried out and shrank a bit, exposing sharp fret ends. Once I fixed it up and was able to finally try it out, this is a great guitar. Pickups sound nice. Bridge pickup is very good, neck pickup is very standard. Cool tap does nothing useful.In short, needs a pickup upgrade, locking tuners, fret job and pro setup, and you'd have yourself a Viper-1000 ... For about the price of a Viper-1000